''Christmas Extraordinaire'' is

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's sixth

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album overall and the group's fourth Christmas

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. The album was originally released in 2001. The song "O Tannenbaum" features a lead vocal by

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. Five of the album's tracks were included in the group's 2004 compilation '' Christmas Celebration''. On June 21, 2004, ''Christmas Extraordinaire'' was certified

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by the

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for shipment of three million copies in the United States. As of November 2014, ''Christmas Extraordinaire'' is the fourteenth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. in the

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era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,920,000 copies according to SoundScan.

Track listing

Personnel

*Chip Davis: Recorders, Drums *Jackson Berkey: Harpsichord *Ron Cooley: Guitar, Lute, Bass *Roxanne Layton: Recorder, Crumhorns *Arnie Roth: Violin Solo~The First Noel, Concertmaster *Bobby Jenkins: Oboe Solo *Johnny Mathis: Vocals on "O Tannenbaum"

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2001 Christmas albums Mannheim Steamroller albums American Gramaphone albums American Gramaphone Christmas albums Christmas albums by American artists Classical Christmas albums New-age Christmas albums {{2001-album-stub

Track listing

Personnel

See also

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